Start shooting on approach
- get the overall shot
- move in to tell the story
- don't leave until the action is over
Angles and Perspective
- low angles can give power to the image or person
- higher angles e.g shooting above a crowd can get a better shot
Technical Strategies
- preset your camera
- Use auto focus and shoot on continuous
- timing
Capturing Emotions
- constantly observe to get that perfect emotive shot
- faces and hands reveal emotion
Features Vs News
- news photos are over in a day
- feature photos are timeless
Some examples of Belinda's photojournalism work can be seen below
Image ref. http://www.liveguide.com.au/Arts_and_Theatres/667770/Belinda_Pratten/Esperanza_Belinda_Pratten?event_id=667770#details
Image ref. http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/special-reports/julia-gillards-political-success-a-win-for-her-home-state-of-victoria/story-fn5ko0pw-1225915572364
With this image above Belinda showed us the series of images leading up to this shot and talked about how important it is to keep shooting tho get that perfect shot.
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